Loggerhead

turtle

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Alternative Title:
Caretta caretta

Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) swimming near the ocean’s surface. As hatchlings, female loggerheads imprint on the unique magnetic field of the beach on which they emerged, and they navigate back to it as adults to lay eggs of their own.

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sea turtle

Loggerhead (
Caretta caretta) and green (
Chelonia mydas) sea turtles have adult shell lengths between 0.9 and 1.2 metres (3 and 4 feet) long. The
loggerhead is carnivorous and prefers coastal marine environments. It has the proportionately largest head of the sea turtles; this feature may be an adaptation that increases its jaw strength in order to crush the...